Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Cao Cao assassinated Dong, and I was abandoned

The little leaders of the Yellow Turban Army standing not far from Cao Shuo were trembling with fright, but luckily he didn't come after him.

This man is too fierce!If you resist, you will be the same as Zhang Baiqi.

"Dangdangdang!"

The trembling hands of the soldiers could no longer bear the weight of the weapons, and they dropped the weapons in their hands one after another.

"Boom!"

In the city, behind him, there are cavalrymen rushing out!

Surround these yellow turban thieves in the middle.

Brush brush!

The soldiers hugged their heads and knelt on the ground!

"Zhang He, Zhang Yan, order the soldiers to build a big camp outside the city, and the whole army will rest for three days."

"promise!"

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Cao Shuo sent hundreds of waves of scouts to inquire about the movements of the royal army of the Huns, but unfortunately found nothing.

Cao Shuo had no choice but to call several generals and invite a military meeting to discuss what to do next.

"My lord, our army does not have much food and grass left. The food and grass seized from Zhang Baiqi is only enough for our army to feed for ten days."

As soon as Zhang He came up, he asked a sharp question.

"Zilong, send someone to the state capital to ask Han Fu to allocate some food and grass."

Since Han Fu let himself work for him, he must be prepared to bleed heavily.

These soldiers of his can't shed blood in vain, they must be slaughtered.

"My lord, how much is appropriate?"

"The Montenegrin Army and our soldiers have a total of nearly 50 people, so they need 100 million shi of grain!"

"hiss!"

Everyone gasped, million stones?Can Han Fu afford it?

On average, one person is one stone of food per month, and the lord directly asked for two months of food and grass.

Zhang He explained:

"My lord, Han Fu may not have so much grain and grass. Some time ago, the Zhen family purchased grain and grass in a big way, resulting in no surplus grain on the market."

"If you give, you have to give. If you don't give, you have to give. My brothers can't fight hungry. If it's not possible, I will let the brothers drag their weapons and horses to Xindu to beg."

"Hahaha!"

All the subordinates laughed heartily, thanks to the master's idea, he dragged his weapons and horses to beg.

Isn't this obviously going to grab it? It is estimated that Han Fu will pee his pants in fright when he sees so many soldiers.

"what!"

Everyone was chatting around the stove, Cao Shuo suddenly discovered that this stove is a bit special.

"What's wrong, my lord!"

Seeing that Cao Shuo had been staring at the fire, the generals suddenly became curious.

"Is this coal?"

"coal?"

The generals looked at Cao Shuo in puzzlement, shouldn't this be coal?

"Liu Shi, where did the coal come from?"

"My lord, there is a cave in the valley behind the city, which is rich in this kind of ore. The Southern Huns Shanyu once exchanged a batch of war horses, so Zhang Baiqi ordered his soldiers to mine it."

"That's good stuff!"

Zhang He asked puzzledly: "My lord, isn't this just for making fire?"

He felt that Cao Shuo seemed to have a soft spot for this thing.

"Fire? Yes, but it's a bit wasteful. It can smelt metal, which is dozens of times more efficient than wood!"

"Smelting metal?"

The generals were amazed, no wonder the Huns wanted to use it. The Huns are rich in iron ore, copper, and gold.

They must have used the coal for smelting.

Cao Shuo poked his hand. With coal, he might be able to forge white forged steel, or even thousand forged steel.

"Liu Shi, you choose [-] soldiers who don't want to fight, and vigorously mine coal, but be careful not to ignite these coals in the cave."

"promise!"

Chapter 40

The discovery of the coal mine was just a small episode. For Cao Shuo, the most important thing right now is to find the royal army of the Huns, and then wipe them all out, so as to prevent future troubles.

When Cao Shuo's army rested for the fourth day, Tan Ma finally sent information.

"Report!"

"My lord, a cavalry force from the Huns plundered the people in Wei County!"

Cao Shuo hurriedly asked: "How many people are there on the other side, and whose banner is it playing?"

"The opponent has 9000 or [-] people, and they won the Wang Ziqi!"

king?

Could it be the royal army of the Huns?

Whether it is or not, let's kill them first!

"Zhang Yan!"

"The end is here!"

"You lead [-] cavalry from the headquarters, head south from Handan, and enter Wei County!"

"promise!"

"Zhang He!"

"The end is here!"

"You lead the [-] cavalry from the headquarters to the south from the direction of Buzhang, then enter the Chuqiu, and join forces with Zhang Yan to attack the Xiongnu cavalry!"

"promise!"

"Zilong, come with me to lead the Xuanjia Army to the country, and Xia Houlan will stay in the city and lead the [-] infantry!"

"National affairs? How can my lord be sure that they will retreat to the west?"

Zhao Yun asked puzzledly, the Xiongnu army was in Wei County, even if Zhang Yan and Zhang Yun attacked, they would have a high probability of entering Hanoi County.

"Because there is a flat plain to the south, when they saw Zhang Yan and Zhang Yun's cavalry, they would definitely not dare to go to the plains, and going west was their only way of retreat."

Zhao Yun still had doubts in his heart. There was only one road for Sheguo to enter Bingzhou. If they could expect to be blocked here, they would definitely not go here.

Cao Shuo's army marched to a hill twenty miles west of Wu'an, and Cao Shuo let the army hide in the surrounding woods.

"My lord, ten miles ahead is Sheguo, why am I ambush here?"

Zhao Yun asked suspiciously, before the brigade set off, the lord asked to go to Sheguo, and then stopped at the border of Sheguo.

"Because Sheguo has been occupied by the Huns, it has become their stronghold."

"Where did my lord know that?"

Zhao Yun was very surprised, they didn't receive any urgent report from Tanma, why did the Lord conclude that Sheguo had become the stronghold of the Huns.

"Zilong, did you notice anything unusual on the way here?"

Cao Shuo felt that to teach Zhao Yun a lesson, he must learn to observe the surrounding environment while marching outside.

"abnormal?"

Zhao Yun shook his head, seeing nothing but a few corpses of Han people along the way.

"Didn't Zilong notice that there are many horseshoe prints on the ground?"

"Horseshoe prints?"

Zhao Yun was so ashamed, he really didn't pay attention to his feet, he was thinking all the way, why the Huns passed by here.

"Zilong, you must observe the surrounding environment more when marching outside!"

"My lord's lesson is that Zhao Yun must keep it in mind!"

"The horseshoe marks on the ground are oriented east-west and north-south, indicating that cavalry often pass by here, and the horseshoe marks are very dense, there must be many people."

"Moreover, Jizhou's troops mainly defend the counties around the county town. In this border area, almost no Jizhou's troops will pass through."

"The lord has a keen eye for every detail, and the subordinates admire him for his keen eyesight."

Zhao Yun was particularly impressed by Cao Shuo's observation skills and analysis of the current situation. He did not expect to be able to judge the enemy's situation ahead with just such a simple footprint.

"Wang Ling, lead the soldiers and prepare to trip the ropes on both sides of the road!"

"promise!"

"Zilong, I'll teach you another move!"

Cao Shuo called two soldiers and dug a hole the size of a bowl in the ground.

Zhao Yun asked suspiciously: "My lord, what are you doing?"

Cao Shuo kept silent, took off the two copper bells from Chituma's body, passed a silk thread through the small hole in the copper bells, buried one upside down in the dug hole, and put the other by his ear.

A smile appeared on the corner of Cao Shuo's mouth. He was indeed a genius. He never thought that the simple telephone principle could be used like this.

Zhao Yun watched Cao Shuo's every move curiously. Although he didn't know what the lord was doing, he must have his reasons.

"Zilong, listen up!"

Zhao Yun took the bell suspiciously, but heard nothing.

"My lord, there is no sound in here!"

"Let the thread be taut!"

Zhao Yun did as he did and tried again, his expression changed drastically, he was terrified.

He actually heard the sound of galloping horseshoes.

"My lord, why is there the sound of horseshoes?"

"Because there are cavalry coming!"

"what!"

Zhao Yun glanced around in disbelief, but saw nothing.

"Where are the cavalry, my lord?"

"Coming soon!"

Sure enough, half a quarter of an hour later, a large group of cavalry came from far to near, and Zhao Yun threw himself to the ground with admiration for Cao Shuo.

This snooping method is simply amazing!

"Xuanjia Army listens to the order and prepares bows and arrows!"

"promise!"

"bump!"

The vanguard of this cavalry entered the range of the trap, and the horses were tripped by the bridle ropes one after another. The cavalry on the horses fell to pieces, but before they could react, the cavalry from the rear stepped directly on their bodies.

"There is an ambush, rush over there!"

"Whoosh!"